@rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 13 days ago"A watched pot never boils" is actually advice for keeping your pot from boiling. Because a soup boiled is a soup spoiled.message-square19fedilinkarrow-up1151
arrow-up1151message-square"A watched pot never boils" is actually advice for keeping your pot from boiling. Because a soup boiled is a soup spoiled.@rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 13 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@faythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish8•12 days agoThat’s probably why it’s stuck around now that we don’t have wood fired stoves, but lifting a lid to check on a pot really does cause heat loss and makes it take longer to boil.
minus-squareastrsklinkfedilink2•12 days agoIt will still boil and the difference is single digit minutes at most.
That’s probably why it’s stuck around now that we don’t have wood fired stoves, but lifting a lid to check on a pot really does cause heat loss and makes it take longer to boil.
It will still boil and the difference is single digit minutes at most.